Patents by Inventor Margaret Mary Bertsch

Margaret Mary Bertsch has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices
    Patent number: 8463879
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus for automatic verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices. In one method embodiment, the present invention accesses a machine-readable map. Additionally, validation rules are accessed in a machine-readable format. A validation step is performed, wherein the validation step comprises comparing the validation rules in machine-readable format with the machine-readable map. A report of a result of the validation step is then generated. In so doing, a verification of a machine-readable map of networked devices occurs automatically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Graves, Parvathi Nair, Margaret Mary Bertsch
  • Verification of connections between devices in a network
    Patent number: 7321561
    Abstract: Methods and systems for verifying that devices in a network are properly connected physically are described. A listing is received from a device in the network. The listing identifies other devices coupled to the device and also identifies which communication port of the device each of the other devices is coupled to. The listing is compared against reference information representing the design of the network. Discrepancies between the listing and the reference information are identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Narendra Lakshminarasimha, David Andrew Graves, Pallavi Gadepalli, Vikram Ramesh, Margaret Mary Bertsch, George Tomlinson, Mark Pearson, Ted Nguyen
  • Verification of connections between devices in a network
    Publication number: 20040264382
    Abstract: Methods and systems for verifying that devices in a network are properly connected physically are described. A listing is received from a device in the network. The listing identifies other devices coupled to the device and also identifies which communication port of the device each of the other devices is coupled to. The listing is compared against reference information representing the design of the network. Discrepancies between the listing and the reference information are identified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Narendra Lackshminarasimha, David Andrew Graves, Pallavi Gadepalli, Vikram Ramesh, Margaret Mary Bertsch, George Tomlinson, Mark Pearson, Ted Nguyen